Robert Fisk Quotes

It's a journalist's job to be a witness to history. We're not there to worry about ourselves. We're there to try and get as near as we can, in an imperfect world, to the truth and get the truth out.

It's my job as a reporter to not be about the business of making friends or enemies but just be in the tireless pursuit of truth.

A lot of journalism wants to have what they call objectivity without them having a commitment to pursuing the truth, but that doesn't work. Objectivity requires belief in and a commitment toward pursuing the truth - having an object outside of our personal point of view.

It's all storytelling, you know. That's what journalism is all about.

In this day and age, much of journalism is about right or left, conservative or liberal, and 'The Observer' is just that: an observer. It is about truth.

The journalistic endeavor - at least theoretically - is grounded in objectivity. The goal is to get you to understand what happened, when and to whom.

Historians desiring to write the actions of men, ought to set down the simple truth, and not say anything for love or hatred

I had a very strong background in journalism, so it's my instinct to try to be as fair and accurate as possible.

I think journalists have the right to their opinions but I think their opinions should be based on history and what they see, not what they feel, how long they've been waiting or whether it's raining or it's snowing or whatever.

See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on looking for answers.

I'm not in the judgment part of journalism.

We journalists make it a point to know very little about an extremely wide variety of topics; this is how we stay objective.

We're journalists, and so it's our job to be impartial and provide a fair and thorough assessment of what's happening on the ground from the perspective of what we're able to see.

I said that I'm only there to write the truth, I'm not going to cover anything up, but I'll put everything in context and get as close to the truth of this person as I can.

When we are reporting the news, we make every effort to report it in as factual way as possible.

The first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it be accurate, it follows that it is fair.

In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.

Journalists hold themselves apart, and above, the common person. They have rules designed to ensure their objectivity and impartiality.

I'm an expert on the NewsHour and it isn't how I practice journalism. I am not involved in the story. I serve only as a reporter or someone asking questions. I am not the story.

Once we thought, journalists and readers alike, that if we put together enough 'facts' and gave them a fast stir, we would come up with something that, at least by the standards of short-order cooks, could be called the truth.

I do not subscribe to the advocacy journalism school. It's not who I am and not who CNN wants me to be.

Journalism keeps you planted in the earth.

News is the first rough draft of history.

The good journalist is never objective. He is always neutral.

Journalism is not an exact science. At best it i a crude art.